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The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, will on Thursday, June 14, face the Disciplinary Panel the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee over a prejudicial statement made against the detained former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, retd. His invitation is based on a petition written the Nigerian bar Association, NBA, by Dasuki’s family. The Hearing Notice, dated May 16, 2019, and signed by Patricia Orhomuru Esq, the Secretary, Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practitioners’ Privilege Committee, has a reference No: PET/LPPC/23/2018. The Notice read in part: “Take notice that the above matter is…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, on the appointment of additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Buhari has also accepted the voluntary retirement of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja Sunday. The President, according to the statement, wrote: ‘‘Pursuant to the provisions of Section 230(2) A&B of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to…

Ashleigh Barty crowned her comeback to tennis with a first grand slam singles title by beating Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova at the French Open. The 23-year-old Australian took a break from the game in 2014 after finding the pressure too much and spent time playing professional cricket before returning three years ago ranked outside the top 600. She has been on an upward trajectory ever since and was totally in control of this meeting of two first-time grand slam singles finalists, winning 6-1 6-3 in just an hour and 10 minutes. Barty, who will be ranked second in the world…

Rafael Nadal swept to an historic 12th Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Austria’s Dominic Thiem. The 33-year-old Spaniard becomes the first player, man or woman, to win the same Slam 12 times after seeing off a brave challenge from a weary Thiem in a repeat of the 2018 final. Nadal is now just two behind Roger Federer’s all-time record of 20 majors and three ahead of Novak Djokovic who was knocked out by Thiem in the semi-finals. The world number two also took his Paris record to…

By Israel Umoh One of the mercurial personalities in the dissolved 8th National Assembly who weathered political storms and still won his senatorial seat to return to the Red Chambers is Ike Ekweremadu. In the 2015, many analysts did not give him any chance. Political mines were laid. Accusations were dangled to deter him. Many thought Ekweremadu from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would not dare the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC’s moving train. He maintained his taciturnity in the face of intimidation and intrigues by many systemic gladiators and fellow tenants in the House. His political masterstoke was the mastery…

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the best man at German footballer, Mesut Ozil’s wedding on Friday. Ozil, who has Turkish roots, sparked a furore when he posed in photos with Mr Erdogan before the World Cup last year. He then quit international football, citing the “racism and disrespect” he’d experienced over the photos in Germany. The 30-year-old Arsenal midfielder married his fiancee, former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, at a luxury hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus. The couple first started dating in 2017, and announced their engagement in June 2018. Ozil had announced in March this year that…

No fewer than 18 persons including pregnant women, were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash Saturday at Oba-Ile, Akure North area of Ondo state. The accident occurred at about 3.30 a.m. when a lorry had a head-on collision with a passenger-filled Hummer commercial bus. The state police image maker, Femi Joseph said that 18 persons died in the crash without any survivor. According to him ” at about 330am on 8/6/19 immediately after the Akure Airport Junction at Oba- ile. ”There occurred a head on collision between one lorry marked GG 873XM LAGOS and 18 passenger vehicle Hummer bus…

As Nigeria leaves to battle for the continental soccer fiesta cup, the Super Eagles coach has dropped two prominent players as a 23-man team jetted to Egypt for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho and Rotherham United central defender Semi Ajayi are left out of the squad. Announcing this on Sunday, Nigeria’s Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr said John Obi Mikel is the Captain, Chelsea duo-Kenneth Omeruo and Ola Aina, Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi, goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and 18 other players will be on the plane to Ismailia this afternoon. The Super Eagles players and officials…

President Donald Trump, Friday, ripped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slamming the top Democrat after she told her colleagues she’d like to see the Commander-in-Chief “in prison” rather than impeached. “Nervous Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to herself and her family for having made such a disgusting statement, especially since I was with foreign leaders overseas. There is no evidence for such a thing to have been said. Nervous Nancy & Dems are getting Zero work done in Congress and have no intention of doing anything other than going on a fishing expedition to see if they can find anything on…

By Miranda Larbi Not getting enough fruit or vegetable is putting millions at risk of deadly heart attack and stroke, an alarming new study has warned. Around one in seven cardiovascular deaths are down to lack of fruit, while one in 12 is caused by not eating enough vegetables. The study says that low fruit intake accounted for nearly 1.8 million cardiovascular deaths in 2010, compared to a million vegetable-related deaths. According to scientists from Tufts University, the damage caused by lack of fruit was almost double that of not getting enough vegetable. “Fruits and vegetables are a modifiable component…